CONCLUSIONS

Conclusions about homosexuality in the Christian Scriptures:

Conservatives: The New Testament refers repeatedly and consistently to homosexuality as a
forbidden, detestable practice deserving of punishment by God or mankind - one that leads
directly to hell and eternal torture. These passages fully agree those of the Old
Testament. A born-again Christian cannot be a non-celibate gay or lesbian.
According to 1 Corinthians 6, if they were truly saved, then they would be cured of their
homosexuality; they would be converted to heterosexuality.

Liberals: The Christian Scriptures are ambiguous on the topic of homosexuality. Paul's
epistles
and Jude's writing may have condemned:

homosexual orgies outside of a committed relationship, or

heterosexuals engaging in homosexual sex, or

homosexual ritual sex in Pagan temples, or

sexual rape of young boys by adult males, or

pimping, or

men raping angels.

The Christian Scriptures, in their original Greek do not contain any clear references to
consensual homosexuality within a committed
relationship, and certainly do not contain any unambiguous condemnation of gay and lesbian
sexual activity. However, after having been filtered through the belief systems of
the translators, many English versions of the Bible clearly condemn
homosexual behavior. Now that the famous "anti-homosexual" passages of 1
Corinthians 6:9 and Romans 1:18 have been so long identified as being
critical of homosexual activity, it would be impossible for Bible
translators to offer alternative explanations; their Bible wouldn't sell.